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this is a foreign policy failure. and the american people may take that into consideration a week from tuesday. >> schieffer: all right, senator, thank you so much. i have to move on. thank you for being with us. we'll be back with former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel in one minute. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >> schieffer: and joining us now from akron, ohio, the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel. mr. mayor, thank you so much. and i'm never one to presume to know what the answers are before i ask the questions, but my guess is you will will have a slightly different take on events and what we just heard from senator mccain. >> very good, bob. yes. first of all, the president immediately orde
this is a foreign policy failure. and the american people may take that into consideration a week from tuesday. >> schieffer: all right, senator, thank you so much. i have to move on. thank you for being with us. we'll be back with former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel in one minute. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like...
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we are disturbed by this article that came out in foreign policy literally came out today detailed to letters unveiled at the compound. after the fbi had been there. we believe they are valid. and thus far the state department has not eve acknowledge them. neil: that when alway one alwaya little strange to me. they're too stupid, left something of themselves behind, what do you think was going on? >> it was trouble some four weeks they could not get in there, and they were only in their evidently for a few hours. here we have some additional information that may shed light on what happened but did it happen. the state department obama administration is just not provided the document. we're doing investigation, congress will do an investigation. we deserve to have that information to get to the bottom of it. neil: with all these folks coming out, some going on the record, most off the record, these organizations saying we were trying to warn the administration, is almost as if they feel horribly guilty about what happened but they want to exonerate themselves to say we did everything w
we are disturbed by this article that came out in foreign policy literally came out today detailed to letters unveiled at the compound. after the fbi had been there. we believe they are valid. and thus far the state department has not eve acknowledge them. neil: that when alway one alwaya little strange to me. they're too stupid, left something of themselves behind, what do you think was going on? >> it was trouble some four weeks they could not get in there, and they were only in their...
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foreign policy analyst cone has explained the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and a group of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney are really the same people that all of us the iraq war under the what they call the neo conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy but americans don't want that a majority of americans don't want to fight a war with iran seventy percent of them don't want to do it unilaterally americans want to cut military spending that's what the whole show so what what romney had to do was to sort of back away from a lot of those positions except on military spending and seem much more reasonable and sort of centrist if he sort of plays out what's really in his cards i think it into scaring a lot of people and of losing votes and so that was part of what was going on there he was trying to move more toward obama and so it
foreign policy analyst cone has explained the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and a group of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney are really the same people that all of us the iraq war under the what they call the neo conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy but americans don't...
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senate, he was advised to go to jackson and get some help from jackson regarding foreign policy issues, domestic policy issues, but even more important, his speaking -- his oratory needed some work and they thought jesse could help him. and jackson agreed to do so. and every saturday for a whole year, barack obama was invited to the push rainbow meeting that jackson held, where jackson worked with obama on his oratory and his delivery of speeches, and he improved tremendously. guess what? since he was elected president, president barack obama has not invited jesse jackson to the white house once. he is totally, completely cut himself off from jesse jackson. no one seems to know exactly why, except that it appears that it would -- that there would be a -- the object of jackson being in the white house might give a signal to white voters that obama is in jackson's corner politically. and apparently obama doesn't want to do that. >> host: you write: if karl rove was george w. bush's brians, then david axlerod is barack barack obama's homer. >> guest: is what? >> host: homer. >> guest: tha
senate, he was advised to go to jackson and get some help from jackson regarding foreign policy issues, domestic policy issues, but even more important, his speaking -- his oratory needed some work and they thought jesse could help him. and jackson agreed to do so. and every saturday for a whole year, barack obama was invited to the push rainbow meeting that jackson held, where jackson worked with obama on his oratory and his delivery of speeches, and he improved tremendously. guess what? since...
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policy. they're not interested in that. they to want hire him on the economy. if only thinking about the economy, that benefits >>> as superstorm sandy bears down on new jersey, delta airlines starts moving planes and people all over the country. >> it's ordinarily. we know exactly where they're going. and it's clean. >> we'll go inside the operations control center this morning to show you how delta shut down service, then restarted it after the storm. >>> and two top intelligence officials from afghanistan came to washington for a training course. then they disappeared. so, where did they go and are they a threat? former intelligence insider john miller has some answers only on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" supported by sargento off the block shredded cheese. are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? [ male announcer ] it's the question we ask ourselves every day. is it the safest, the most efficient? the kind of vehicle to move not just pe
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brock obama and mitt romney running neck and neck after a lackluster foreign policy show in tel ends with neither man blasting russia. and ukraine heads to the polls to choose a new part of them into what could become an unpredictable vote for the former boxing champion coming to power to swing forces for or against the current president. it's nine am in moscow this is r t coming to you live on the news now with a look back at the week's top stories and libya's pro-government militia keeps up its deadly siege of the extra daffy bastion of bani walid despite a far these claims the town has fallen there have also been reports the attackers used chemical weapons against the civilian population archies paullus leader has been gathering the witnesses' accounts of what the people of bani walid are going through. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets looting houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscri
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but then fast forward to last week, october 26, be foreign policy journalists go in there after people have been walking all over the place and looking at that time and they he recovered documents is that are critical to this investigation. like the fbi didn't even bother. like nobody be even cared that four americans are dead. it is a snap by investigation. four people died. you you wouldn't even see that kind of investigation in a local homicide case. >> i hope the people of the united states who really do care about our national security will understand the poor leadership by this president. governor cristie stays i was called three times by the trees what did i do to help the people of michael jackson. the president has taken on acorn show. this has really been no effort by this administration to help the people when they were underattack. this administration ignored many warnings coming from benghazi, libya about the state of play. they have been telling us and the entire world al-qaeda has been dismantled. it was clear to anybody who was listening that was peaking benghazi over.
but then fast forward to last week, october 26, be foreign policy journalists go in there after people have been walking all over the place and looking at that time and they he recovered documents is that are critical to this investigation. like the fbi didn't even bother. like nobody be even cared that four americans are dead. it is a snap by investigation. four people died. you you wouldn't even see that kind of investigation in a local homicide case. >> i hope the people of the united...
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brock obama and mitt romney running neck and neck after a lackluster foreign policy show would tell ends with neither man leaving a lasting impression. it's one pm in moscow this is coming to you live on news now with a look back at the week's very top stories we begin with libya and the pro-government militia there is keeping up its deadly siege of the exit daffyd bastion of bani walid despite claims the town has fallen they have also been reports the attackers used chemical weapons against the civilian population is paul the slayer has been gathering the witness accounts of what the people of bani walid are going through. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets looting houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately you want to hear all most of whom are buying machinery but. nobody is know a connection there is no. no i think that is the real world. was not able. to. connect with each other peo
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foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. and we'll of course continue our coverage of the u.s. elections looking at the race from different perspectives plus our team is hosting of very special event this coming monday as we are explicitly bringing you the final round of the third party candidates debate live from our washington studios. will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power powerless. what if america changes. was election night monday november fifth on our team. to libya now where more than a sow's and people took to the streets of benghazi the cradle of the uprising calling for greater autonomy of the oil rich region protesters complain the new leadership has deprived the city of its fair share of political and economic power let's get more from our a middle east correspondent now paula slowly. so paula what exactly did the protesters and benghazi demand.
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foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. well arty's the challenge of american voters if you're one of them a different perspective every day in the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from monday it's the final debate looking forward to it between the third party candidates will be live from our studios in washington d.c. . will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power parallel. what is america changes tracks with election close god monday november fifth on our t.v. . next tonight there's fresh anger and frustration among libyans this time in all rich benghazi where hundreds turned out to vent against the leadership they fought for in the revolution more of the roots of the discontent and from our middle east correspondent paul asli and now. what in a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of the eastern city of benghazi they're calling for greate
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you want to cover -- you want to look at foreign policy, go to "the new york times." you want to go to the superpac app to find out what people are doing, there is serious news to be had. and serious reporters are writing about it. but i think the american people like their desserts more than they like foreign policy meat and potatoes. >> i want to get craig on this. the dessert has pushed the meat and potatoes almost off the plate. yes, you can find certain things. but take the issues, the polls show people care about -- tax cuts, medicare are. they too complicated, too boring to be on the newscast and top of the fronts page as opposed to donald trump or ann coulter? >> i think people do want more substance and aren't getting it. one reason they tune it on, it's like the twitter effect. if it takes longer than 140 characters to talk about it, we don't talk about it. it's easier to talk about spray tanning in that limited environment. >> you agree with me that it is easier, more fun, and potentially more successful to play the game of sport as opposed to this serious
you want to cover -- you want to look at foreign policy, go to "the new york times." you want to go to the superpac app to find out what people are doing, there is serious news to be had. and serious reporters are writing about it. but i think the american people like their desserts more than they like foreign policy meat and potatoes. >> i want to get craig on this. the dessert has pushed the meat and potatoes almost off the plate. yes, you can find certain things. but take the...
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i recommended foreign policy, not fox news and not cbs, but foreign policy, talking about the fact that the fbi was supposedly in there, but it wasn't until october 26, went into the consulate, they found -- october 26. several weeks later. hopefully, we will get some answers. >> thank you. >> coming up mon the stunning new information found inside the benghazi consulate found. will it impact the election? our political panel is here. but up next, florida senator marco rubio. his state turning into a major battleground and right now, it is too close to call. hear from senator rubio, next. customer erin swenson bought from us online today. so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm hi'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. >> greta: a dead heat in the sunshine state. a fight for florida sizzling in the final days of
i recommended foreign policy, not fox news and not cbs, but foreign policy, talking about the fact that the fbi was supposedly in there, but it wasn't until october 26, went into the consulate, they found -- october 26. several weeks later. hopefully, we will get some answers. >> thank you. >> coming up mon the stunning new information found inside the benghazi consulate found. will it impact the election? our political panel is here. but up next, florida senator marco rubio. his...
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policy ends they created al-qaeda to fight against the former soviet troops in afghanistan they use these mercenaries in iraq to create sectarian tensions and effectively divide that country into three parts through ethnic cleansing they imported those mercenaries into libya where they they overthrew a sovereign government and created chaos for the ordinary people and now they've imported them from libya even to syria to create this same sectarian strife it's an extremely dangerous and wreckless situation all right i can start to write about that held in a mission to stop the war thank you very much for coming on our today. well if i could have you with us here on the program started for you into this i was ukraine's political landscape faces unpredictable changes. election system puts the fate of the country's new parliament in the hands of an independent candidates and former champion boxer. barack obama warned citizens across america's east coast to brace themselves for the onslaught of hurricane sandy more on that and other international news through a short. horses and bayonets
policy ends they created al-qaeda to fight against the former soviet troops in afghanistan they use these mercenaries in iraq to create sectarian tensions and effectively divide that country into three parts through ethnic cleansing they imported those mercenaries into libya where they they overthrew a sovereign government and created chaos for the ordinary people and now they've imported them from libya even to syria to create this same sectarian strife it's an extremely dangerous and...
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maybe next week it will begin. >>> finally, foreign policy challenges. we've witnessed an assertive and sometimes even belligerent china in the last two years. look at the ongoing territorial dispute not only with japan but similar ones throughout the pacific. will that change? how will beijing control a rise in nationalist pride and power? how will it ensure that the united states and china don't drift toward confrontation? that's challenge for leaders in beijing and also in washington. we'll be right back. up next, how the past informs the present and the future. a great panel of american historians on the election. need. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, poste
maybe next week it will begin. >>> finally, foreign policy challenges. we've witnessed an assertive and sometimes even belligerent china in the last two years. look at the ongoing territorial dispute not only with japan but similar ones throughout the pacific. will that change? how will beijing control a rise in nationalist pride and power? how will it ensure that the united states and china don't drift toward confrontation? that's challenge for leaders in beijing and also in...
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he's a hawk when it comes to foreign policy. i want him to concentrate on the economy and jobs. he had to bailout the auto industry, now that they are doing well, let's see what he's f he can do when he's given an even hand. >> we'll be more with harvey weinstein and director stock well after this. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's
he's a hawk when it comes to foreign policy. i want him to concentrate on the economy and jobs. he had to bailout the auto industry, now that they are doing well, let's see what he's f he can do when he's given an even hand. >> we'll be more with harvey weinstein and director stock well after this. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back....
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foreign policy was much more sort of mood music, who do you trust. and the first debate, the reason i think that might have been so damaging to the president is that it was about largely, about the economy, and he didn't seem to be fighting enough and, you know, he says to mitt romney, the math doesn't add up, romney says that's not true, my math adds up, and he was fighting and i think that makes a big difference to people. gwen: briefly, i just want to end up by talking about this issue because it seems to have boiled down this week to status quo versus change. four years ago broke -- barack obama was the change guy. how does that boil down in the next two weeks? molly? >> they just keep having the argument. gwen: really? oh, good. oh, joy. >> anything new at this stage? that's dangerous. >> i think you see romney focusing more on the personal and likability. he passed the debate test. he proved himself a viable alternative and now it comes down to this likable factor. every pom i've ever seen, obama has this, you may not approve of him but like hi
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policy and so on. that's what john sununu didn't want people debating, in my view. i think he quite deliberately played that race card to change the thinking of people who may be in two minds about who to vote for, you know what, this is actually about a black man voting for a black man. >> if it was an intentional dismissal, using race in that way, it just heightens the level of sinisterness of such a comment and it belies in many ways the truth of who colin powell is. >> let's play a clip from president obama today. this is what he said about it. >> any suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such an important election based on anything other than what he thought was what's going to be best for america i think doesn't make much sense. >> sununu issued a statement afterwards which i found fairly laughable. colin powell's a friend, i respect the endorsement decision he made. i do not doubt it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. piers morgan'
policy and so on. that's what john sununu didn't want people debating, in my view. i think he quite deliberately played that race card to change the thinking of people who may be in two minds about who to vote for, you know what, this is actually about a black man voting for a black man. >> if it was an intentional dismissal, using race in that way, it just heightens the level of sinisterness of such a comment and it belies in many ways the truth of who colin powell is. >> let's...
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about how these candidates would handle foreign policy? >> you look at the record of the last four years and say is iran closer to a bomb? yes. is the middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the run, on its heels? no. >> you said that first we shouldn't not have a time line in afghanistan, then you said we should. now you say maybe or it depends. gwen: and what do we know about the ground game it will take for either one to win in covering the campaign's closing weeks, movie -- molly ball of 9 -- covering the campaign's closing weeks, molly ball of "the atlantic," gloria borger of cnn, susan davis of "u.s.a. today"," and james kitfield of "national journal." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in associated with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" be provided by -- ♪ >> wherever our trail blazers -- trains divorce, the economy comes to live. norfolk southern. one line, infinity possibilities
about how these candidates would handle foreign policy? >> you look at the record of the last four years and say is iran closer to a bomb? yes. is the middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the run, on its heels? no. >> you said that first we shouldn't not have a time line in afghanistan, then you said we should. now you say maybe or it depends. gwen: and what do we know about the ground game it will take for either one to win in covering the campaign's closing weeks, movie --...
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they undermine the the foreign-policy of the united states and threatened the financial system of this planet. put them out of business. that is why the vulture and his buddies have decided okay mr. obama, tell you what. we will put you out of business. bad as the war that is going on right now between the big new york banks, these trillionaire banks and the billionaire vulture funds. there is this massive war going on right now at the top of finance in that treehouse. the 1% is split, and we -- and we have the battlefield on which they play. now, what is our job? .. >> united latin american citizens and others, people for the american way, please, go to the groups, protect your vote, and at the back of the book, i don't want you to say, oh, my god, what do you do? the millionaires. we've won a lot of battles. we won the right to vote for african-americans at the end of the civil war, and won is again a hundred years later. we have to do it again. yeah, at the turn of the century, we have to win again at the turn of this century. 70% of the people over 65 who don't have qualified ids i
they undermine the the foreign-policy of the united states and threatened the financial system of this planet. put them out of business. that is why the vulture and his buddies have decided okay mr. obama, tell you what. we will put you out of business. bad as the war that is going on right now between the big new york banks, these trillionaire banks and the billionaire vulture funds. there is this massive war going on right now at the top of finance in that treehouse. the 1% is split, and we...
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and the bush foreign policy. on civil liberties, obama and its systematic torture,. there is the human rights organization that suggests he tortured the way bush did. on the broader foreign policy question, i think his zero a huge earth shattering difference that obama is on the side of bottom of democracy in the middle east even though dictators are our allies. it is unheard of for a cost to pull out to an alley because of that person. >> i will be for the. . i would not say -- and i do not think it was an across the board policy for reagan to become sticky dispiriting >> it is an across the board pulsator this feminist addition. >> he have had it three years. you have had dramatic situations enter libya, syria. the camp are two examples. it is pretty difficult to slip -- flip a switch. part of the obama philosophy -- which is very interesting -- trying to find what is possible lead control this. that does not get america caught in the truck of unnecessary war. he have these two examples the most striking. peopl
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policy, whereas when you are dealing with foreign policy you've got that four years to run and we've seen presidents who've had significant accomplishments in the last couple of years of their presidency. >> what you all have discovered as authors of current history is that all past is prologue and we are just waiting to see what the prologue is going to be. thank you all very much michael duffy of time magazine, dan balz of "the washington post," peter baker of "the new york times." >> you go to the polls to choose the presidential candidate who will help the nation most. but predicting which candidates will succeed based on their life experience is anything but a sure thing. jeff greenfield of "need to know" looks back over the years and shares some surprising details about some of our most successful presidents. >> on tuesday, more than 120 million of us will choose a president; and there are almost as many reasons why each of us will make that choice. maybe it's the party, or a specific policy, or a sense of satisfaction or disappointment in the man who now holds the job. but und
policy, whereas when you are dealing with foreign policy you've got that four years to run and we've seen presidents who've had significant accomplishments in the last couple of years of their presidency. >> what you all have discovered as authors of current history is that all past is prologue and we are just waiting to see what the prologue is going to be. thank you all very much michael duffy of time magazine, dan balz of "the washington post," peter baker of "the new...
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a foreign policy magazine has a piece talking about two letters dated september 11th expressing strong fears about the security situation there on what turned out to be this tragic day, including one from shaun smith one of the victims who said, talking about how he didn't trust the police that were supposed to be guarding them saying assuming we don't die tonight, and he did. >> right, look, clearly the world is a dangerous place, and that part of the world is a very dangerous place. the ambassador knew this. the president took responsibility in the second debate he said, if mistakes were made blame me, the buck stops with me. the american people have that option to do that and they could weigh this against his entire foreign policy record. look, yes there should have been more security there. maybe we shouldn't have even had people there at this point looking back in hind sight. again we try to do what we can with the information we have. what we've heard is that the libyan people for the most part are supportive of this. of us, of the united states. what we have there is unfortunate
a foreign policy magazine has a piece talking about two letters dated september 11th expressing strong fears about the security situation there on what turned out to be this tragic day, including one from shaun smith one of the victims who said, talking about how he didn't trust the police that were supposed to be guarding them saying assuming we don't die tonight, and he did. >> right, look, clearly the world is a dangerous place, and that part of the world is a very dangerous place. the...
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so we need to look at the deficit, foreign policy, also opinions on social policy. >> one of the things that i found troubling about the economist's endorsement was they cited this stimuluses as a strength of the president. all the studies that have looked at the impact of this failed stimulus policy in my view is that it did very little to on have any sustaining impact on the u.s. economy. it largely funded more government spending. and that is fundamentally the problem with barack obama looks to government to solve problems and that is the fundamental choice between these two men. and on issues of the economy and growth and issues of bringer a fair and flatter tax code to the united states, which we desperately need, there is really only one persons who views will allow us to ross per prosper as a country. >> let's look at the stimulus point. we think government should be smaller. but at times when the private sector has seized up and there is no demand, it is quite right for government to step in on to that breach. >> so your assertion is if this election was about the economy, romne
so we need to look at the deficit, foreign policy, also opinions on social policy. >> one of the things that i found troubling about the economist's endorsement was they cited this stimuluses as a strength of the president. all the studies that have looked at the impact of this failed stimulus policy in my view is that it did very little to on have any sustaining impact on the u.s. economy. it largely funded more government spending. and that is fundamentally the problem with barack obama...
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foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. the resident well to use the trial giving american voters a different perspective every day in the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from or monday it's the final debate between the third party candidates and becoming live from studios in washington d.c. . will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power parallel. plots if america changes. with election close god monday nov fifth on r t. russian prime minister dmitry medvedev says the pussy riot punk band should not have been jailed for the moscow cathedral stunt but nonetheless he's expressed his condemnation over the ethics. you people are very unpleasant to me both on the outside and on the year they fill me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't conside
foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. the resident well to use the trial giving american voters a different perspective every day in the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from or monday it's the final debate between the third party candidates and becoming live from studios in washington d.c. . will two...
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two, with romney we don't know exactly what sort of foreign policy he would follow. the romney of the most recent debates was saying very different things than what was being said before. if you want one example of things that could flub up from day one, romney has said if he becomes president, he would declare china a currency manipulator on this very first day. that might have been okay ten years ago or five years ago when china didn't see itself as a much bigger sort of superpower to rival america. if he comes out and does it this time, i don't think china is in the mood to take ultimatums from an american president. you would immediately have a very rookie path there, including a not very nice trade spat. >> is there a way in which to gauge which candidate the world or the majority of foreign nations would prefer to win that white house race? >> i think on the whole, if you look at the national polls done by people outside america, they tend to favor i wouldn't read too much into that. i think again and again the europeans tend to favor the democratic candidate f
two, with romney we don't know exactly what sort of foreign policy he would follow. the romney of the most recent debates was saying very different things than what was being said before. if you want one example of things that could flub up from day one, romney has said if he becomes president, he would declare china a currency manipulator on this very first day. that might have been okay ten years ago or five years ago when china didn't see itself as a much bigger sort of superpower to rival...
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in terms of foreign policy, do you agree with the withdrawal timetable? r me, the benchmark is, how quickly can we get them home without having to put people back again. i would love to bring people home as soon as possible. >> not dictate a time table. >> under what conditions would you support military action in iran? >> if need be, yes, as a last option. >> under what conditions? >> if sanctions do not work, if they are about to have the ability to develop a nuclear bomb, we used every option possible. that would be the last option we have to use. we have a ready to use. >> i think we do not let iraq and develop a nuclear weapon. >> under what conditions would you recommend it? >> i cannot tell you right now. at the end of the day, if that is what is needed, we will have an honest discussion about what is needed. i think it is time for the country of the middle east to step up. not as a first course. not by ourselves. >> we need to encourage the democratic forces there. we need to rally countries around the world to isolate syria. >> do you support the
in terms of foreign policy, do you agree with the withdrawal timetable? r me, the benchmark is, how quickly can we get them home without having to put people back again. i would love to bring people home as soon as possible. >> not dictate a time table. >> under what conditions would you support military action in iran? >> if need be, yes, as a last option. >> under what conditions? >> if sanctions do not work, if they are about to have the ability to develop a...
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. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days, his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raising questions, why wasn't security ramped up? and why were protests initially blamed for the attack? a month later, the president addressed these questions on abc news. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. >> the president says the fog of war created confusion. what is clear, as commander in chief, the president can fly solo. to solve the country's domestic problems, he needs a partner. >> the president was going to have to deliver half the democrats. i was going to have to deliver half the republicans. i was confident i could do that. . >>> a gorgeous june day. the nation's capital. but this is no ordinary golf game. for president barack obama and house speaker john boehner, this is a chance to be partners rather than political foes.
. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days, his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raising questions, why wasn't security ramped up? and why were protests initially blamed for the attack? a month later, the president addressed these questions on abc news. >> as information came in, information was put...
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foreign policy. national security. gender issues. all wrapped up in one. to hold or to change. if it weren't for that, suppose romney had run as a moderate from the get-go. suppose obama had faced down his rival in that first debate the way he faced down hurricane sandy? would have, could have, should have, of 2012. and finally, taking it in the gut. one candidate will suffer a personal and profound loss next tuesday night. either the first african-american president or a man who feels a duty to so many others or the man who wanted to redeem his father's own failed presidential bid long ago. i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us new york magazine's john heilemann. cnn's gloria borger. the grio and msnbc's joy reid. and the huffington post howard fineman. first up, here we are in the time capsule. the weekend before the election asking why is this so close? still so unpredictable. both men face big hurdles to getting elected and that's why it's so close. president obama's got the jobless he inherited but can't quite beat. friday's new jobs report was encouraging but g
foreign policy. national security. gender issues. all wrapped up in one. to hold or to change. if it weren't for that, suppose romney had run as a moderate from the get-go. suppose obama had faced down his rival in that first debate the way he faced down hurricane sandy? would have, could have, should have, of 2012. and finally, taking it in the gut. one candidate will suffer a personal and profound loss next tuesday night. either the first african-american president or a man who feels a duty...
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this one is on foreign policy. i am bob schaefer of cbs news. >> that is clearly the movie of the year. it seems like a natural fit for the debate. >> absolutely. it is the story of america. hot and sweaty hard body of america. >> i think you can agree, imogen. >> absolutely. >> and what are our foreign policies, but grinding up against other countries for more money. >> on that note from foreign policy to foreign polls. he is popular in france and with those who poop their pants. a pair of polls show obama is huge with foreigners and children. according to a bbc survey, if our election was held in other countries, the president would win in a landslide. that always sounds gedly. deadly. you are winning, but you would be dead because you are covered in mud. they questioned 21,000 people in 21 countries. a third preferred obama and 9% favored romney. that's 50 to 9. that's a difference of a lot. the prince was obama's strongest supporters fold by australians and his fellow kenyans. pakistan gave a slight edge to the
this one is on foreign policy. i am bob schaefer of cbs news. >> that is clearly the movie of the year. it seems like a natural fit for the debate. >> absolutely. it is the story of america. hot and sweaty hard body of america. >> i think you can agree, imogen. >> absolutely. >> and what are our foreign policies, but grinding up against other countries for more money. >> on that note from foreign policy to foreign polls. he is popular in france and with those...
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. >> cenk: so interesting intelligent comments about mitt romney foreign policy and domestic policy. but john sunuunu has a different idea why colin powell is backing barack obama. >> frankly when you take a look at colin powell. you have to wonder if that is based on issues or is there a slightly different reason for preferring barack obama. >> what reason would that be. >> when you have someone from your own race who is president obama, i applaud powell for standing for him. >> cenk: the neo-cons and the fact that powell is crossing the republicans--no, no, no. this is what he sees. he sees colin powell and barack obama, look at that, they're both black. that's a classic case of projection. he thinks us republicans we vote based on race. if there is a black quite versus a white guy we vote for the white guy. that's what cool bin powell is doing, too. no colin powell has a brain. 's not a gut r rctctn racisistt liou j jn sunuunu. apparently he felt bad about this again this is the eighth time he has done it on the campaign trail specifically about race. he walked it back today and s
. >> cenk: so interesting intelligent comments about mitt romney foreign policy and domestic policy. but john sunuunu has a different idea why colin powell is backing barack obama. >> frankly when you take a look at colin powell. you have to wonder if that is based on issues or is there a slightly different reason for preferring barack obama. >> what reason would that be. >> when you have someone from your own race who is president obama, i applaud powell for standing...